Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of … - W. E. B. Du Bois

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Donald Trump announced that he is not running for president. He would rather spend his time making Gary Busey sell Snapple on the street.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing the World, the most interesting of continued stories, unfold.

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Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

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There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.

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Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

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Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

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I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.

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Bob Enyart

When you reject the Creator, you worship the Creation (Ro 1:23).

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Seth Godin

The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

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David Letterman

Donald Trump announced that he is not running for president. He would rather spend his time making Gary Busey sell Snapple on the street.

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John Updike

There's always something new by looking at the same thing over and over.

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